Lindsay Lohan's mother has said that the actress will be returning to New York when she completes her rehab stint.

The Mean Girls star was recently released from jail after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation. She is currently completing a court-ordered three-month stay at a rehab center in California.

Speaking on NBC's Today show, her mom Dina said: "She'll be coming back to New York. California is a wonderful state but it's a different game you play there, the court system is a little different."

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She also insisted that her daughter had not deserved her jail stint, and suggested that she is still "paying the price" for her 2007 DUI incident.

"She actually didn't violate [her probation], but did violate," Dina told Matt Lauer. "She was in for missing a couple of classes that she made up and she was working at the time. The judge went overboard and put her in serious lockdown for two weeks with murderers."

Lauer then asked how many times Lohan had been in rehab, to which Dina replied "twice", explaining: "I actually put her in rehab [the first time]... She was 19 years old, went to LA and was a young girl and got in trouble.

"I'm certainly not condoning drinking and driving or what she did, but she's still paying a price from 2007 to now... She has grown up considerably."

Dina went on to deny allegations that her daughter received special treatment in jail, and also confirmed reports that the actress could be released from rehab early, but would only say "soon" when Lauer pressed for an exact date.